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Scratch is a programming language designed to introduce learners to programming using a visual interface where programming structures are dragged onto the desktop and executed. The code uses "sprites" similar to objects that can perform actions. Each structure fits together like a puzzle to show what forms a "block" of code. The code acts on the sprite to form an animation.

It is amazing for teaching loops and selection structures and even includes threads. As the complexity grows it can cause problems with synchronisation between threads leading to some unpredictable results.

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things" Leonardo da Vinci

Funworks have spent years developing a teaching methodology where learners actively participate in their learning. The textbooks are filled with activities which teach underlying principles. Read more...